ANADIGICS, Inc., a world leader in radio frequency (RF) solutions, recently announced that its AWL9281 and AWL9581 WiFi front-end integrated circuits (FEICs) have been selected for use with the industry’s first 802.11ac 4x4 wireless solution. With multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) 802.11ac connectivity and beamforming technology, devices using this reference design will utilize up to four FEICs simultaneously to achieve seamless wireless throughput of high-bandwidth data. The 4x4 system on chip (SoC) solution coupled with ANADIGICS’ 802.11ac FEICs is optimized for infrastructure and multimedia applications, including gateways, routers, access points, gaming platforms, set-top boxes, and media servers.

“We are very pleased to be selected for the industry’s first 802.11ac 4x4 reference design,” said Dave Cresci, vice president of WiFi Products at ANADIGICS. “Our FEICs continue to set the standard with industry-leading linearity, noise figure, and thermal characteristics. This level of performance ensures maximum throughput at extended range and excellent thermal management in MIMO implementations with multiple amplification paths. With ANADIGICS’ WiFi FEICs, manufacturers are able to develop next-generation devices for the most demanding wireless networking and multimedia applications.”